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Smart fridge in student accommodation
For student housing

Smart fridge
for student accommodation

A hall of residence comes alive when the rest of the city closes. At eleven at night the shared kitchen is busy or empty, the shop is shut, and what is left is a delivery app that weighs heavily on a student budget. For you as the building manager, a cabinet is one of the few things that raise the comfort of a building without adding staff.

Open day and night Halal, kosher and vegan Little work for your team
Check your building About fresh food
The situation

The building comes alive
after closing time

Student housing runs on reversed hours. The peak is in the evening and at weekends, exam periods push everything further into the night, and that is exactly when nothing nearby is open. On campus itself the same happens after lectures. Then only ordering in is left, and most residents do not do that every day.

Then there is the kitchen situation. A shared kitchen per floor works until everyone wants to cook at once; in buildings without kitchens there is no alternative at all. A chilled cabinet in the common room is there for the moments when cooking does not work.

Evening and night Exam periods Weekends
What residents miss now
  • Food after the shops close
  • Something to eat without having to cook
  • Halal, kosher, vegan and vegetarian options
  • Chilling in the common room
  • An alternative to delivery apps
  • Food at weekends and during exam periods
Side by side

What a resident
can do in the evening

Option Available at night What it asks of you Limitation
Cooking in the shared kitchen Yes Kitchen and upkeep Busy at peak times, needs groceries
Delivery app Partly Nothing Heavy on a student budget
Snack machine in the hall Yes Space Dry products, no meal
Chilled cabinet in the common room Yes A spot with power Needs enough residents to sell through

Prices are not listed here, because they depend on the range and are set to suit the residents.

Student paying with a smartphone at the smart fridge
When it pays off

Signals in
your building

If you have fewer than a hundred residents or your building empties completely in the holidays, fresh food will probably not sell through. In that case we suggest a more limited range.

How to set it up
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Buy
The unit is yours, for example as part of your own services.
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Rent or lease
No purchase price up front, to test a building or spread the cost.
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Organising restocking
Your facilities team, a caterer or a local supplier, guided by sales per product.
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Contactless payment at the vending machine
Read on
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Halal vending
Why half a cabinet is an empty one for part of your residents.
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Gym and sports club
The same late hours, with the focus on high-protein food.
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Healthy food at work
The wider principle: availability decides what gets eaten.
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Costs and options
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What goes inside
Healthy food at work High-protein meals Fresh meals Hot meals Salads and bowls Vegetarian meals Healthy snacks Healthy drinks Halal vending Ramadan at work Smart fridge for your business
Approach, delivery and safety
Meal prep for businesses Meal delivery at work Healthy vending Healthy vending policy Allergens Food safety Food waste
Frequently asked questions

About a cabinet
in a residence

What happens in the holidays, when the building empties?

Restocking is scaled back or paused, exactly as your occupancy is. A residence runs on a term rhythm. With a fixed delivery schedule, you end up with a full cabinet in July for twenty people who stayed. So set that rhythm from the start with whoever restocks, whether that is your own team or a supplier.

Our residents have a shared kitchen. Why would they buy?

For the moment when cooking does not work: getting back late, an exam period, a kitchen that is in use, or simply an empty fridge on a Sunday evening. The cabinet goes next to the kitchen and covers the gap when there is nothing else and the shops are shut.

Is it affordable for students?

Set the prices to suit the residents, because whatever is too expensive stays on the shelf. We do not give amounts here, because they depend on the range. The software shows what sells at which price, so you can adjust quickly.

What about damage or theft in a common room?

Put the cabinet somewhere visible and, where possible, inside the building’s fob zone, so it is open to residents and not to passers-by. Check cover for the unit with your insurer or in the rental or lease agreement. Which spot suits your building is best decided with your facilities team.

Our residents are international. Does the range allow for that?

Yes. Halal, kosher, vegetarian and vegan options are part of the standard range and labelled recognisably on the pack. Without those options a considerable share of residents in student housing cannot use the cabinet, and then it does not sell through either.

What do your residents find at midnight?

Eight short questions about your building: number of residents, kitchens, what is there now. We call you back with a proposal that takes your term rhythm into account.

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